According to a Sri Lanka Cricket media release, Kulasekara,�34,�who played three matches for Sussex in English cricket's T20 Blast this year, was detained by police following the incident, in his home country.

"Sri Lanka Cricket expresses its sincere condolences on the tragic demise of a 28-year-old youth in an accident involving Sri Lanka cricketer Nuwan Kulasekera earlier today," said the SLC statement.